DiRAC2: 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster procurement
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
This award covers the capital cost of procuring a 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster to be hosted at University of Leicester as part of the DiRAC2 facility.
Planned Impact
The pathways to impact for the project are as agreed at the DiRAC PMB meeting on 21 November 2011.
Publications
Itcovitz J
(2024)
The Distribution of Impactor Core Material During Large Impacts on Earth-like Planets
in The Planetary Science Journal
Daley-Yates S
(2024)
Simulating stellar coronal rain and slingshot prominences
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Christie D
(2024)
Longitudinal filtering, sponge layers, and equatorial jet formation in a general circulation model of gaseous exoplanets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lance S
(2024)
Viscous dissipation and dynamics in simulations of rotating, stratified plane-layer convection
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aurrekoetxea JC
(2024)
Effect of Wave Dark Matter on Equal Mass Black Hole Mergers.
in Physical review letters
Bowesman C
(2024)
ExoMol line lists - LV: hyperfine-resolved molecular line list for vanadium monoxide (51V16O)
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aarts G
(2024)
Non-zero temperature study of spin 1/2 charmed baryons using lattice gauge theory
in The European Physical Journal A
Chan K
(2024)
Stability of dusty rings in protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ziampras A
(2024)
Buoyancy torques prevent low-mass planets from stalling in low-turbulence radiative discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rogers J
(2024)
Unveiling the Planet Population at Birth
Gray M
(2024)
Maser flares driven by isothermal shock waves
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rey M
(2024)
Boosting galactic outflows with enhanced resolution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
M. D. Gray
(2024)
Maser flares driven by isothermal shock waves
Ziampras A
(2024)
Migration of low-mass planets in inviscid discs: the effect of radiation transport on the dynamical corotation torque
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Coleman G
(2024)
Photoevaporation obfuscates the distinction between wind and viscous angular momentum transport in protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Semczuk M
(2024)
A new tidal scenario for double bar formation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Marino F
(2024)
Diagrammatic ab initio methods for infinite nuclear matter with modern chiral interactions
in Physical Review C
Abhishek
(2024)
The TDHF code Sky3D version 1.2
Bennett E
(2024)
Lattice investigations of the chimera baryon spectrum in the S p ( 4 ) gauge theory
in Physical Review D
Tsang Y
(2024)
Scaling of the geomagnetic secular variation timescale
in Geophysical Journal International
Srinivasan S
(2024)
Cosmological gravity on all scales. Part III. Non-linear matter power spectrum in phenomenological modified gravity
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Coleman G
(2024)
Constraining the formation history of the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 circumbinary planetary system
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smethurst R
(2024)
Evidence for non-merger co-evolution of galaxies and their supermassive black holes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Beckmann R
(2024)
Supermassive black holes in merger-free galaxies have higher spins which are preferentially aligned with their host galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Choustikov N
(2024)
The great escape: understanding the connection between Ly a emission and LyC escape in simulated JWST analogues
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stiskalek R
(2024)
Evaluating the variance of individual halo properties in constrained cosmological simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Choustikov N
(2024)
The Physics of Indirect Estimators of Lyman Continuum Escape and their Application to High-Redshift JWST Galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Young A
(2024)
Introducing two improved methods for approximating radiative cooling in hydrodynamical simulations of accretion discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bandopadhyay A
(2024)
The Peak of the Fallback Rate from Tidal Disruption Events: Dependence on Stellar Type
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Sergeev D
(2024)
The Impact of the Explicit Representation of Convection on the Climate of a Tidally Locked Planet in Global Stretched-mesh Simulations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Chan K
(2024)
Stability of Dusty Rings in Protoplanetary Discs
Muni C
(2024)
From particles to orbits: precise dark matter density profiles using dynamical information
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gray M
(2024)
Maser Flares Driven by Isothermal Shock Waves
M. D. Gray
(2024)
Maser flares driven by isothermal shock waves
Linh B
(2024)
Onset of collectivity for argon isotopes close to N = 32
in Physical Review C
Vorabbi M
(2024)
Microscopic optical potentials for medium-mass isotopes derived at the first order of Watson multiple-scattering theory
in Physical Review C
Ziampras Alexandros
(2025)
Dusty substructures induced by planets in ALMA discs: how dust growth and dynamics changes the picture
in MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
| Description | Many new results about black holes, galaxy formation and evolution, star formation and evolution have been made possible by the grant. |
| Exploitation Route | Many academic collaborations are supported by the HPC resources of DiRAC. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Financial Services and Management Consultancy Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | http://www.dirac.ac.uk |
| Description | The DiRAC facility is being widely used by researchers across the UK. We are working closely with industrial partners to design our future systems - this interaction is expected to lead to collaborative technical projects. A significant fractino of our graduating PhD students have gone into many branches of industry, including aerospace, defence and the games industry. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | DiRAC2: Recurrent Costs for 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster |
| Amount | £391,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/K003259/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2012 |
| End | 01/2016 |
| Description | Royal Astronomical Society's Undergraduate Research Bursary |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 08/2014 |
| Description | DiRAC |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Department | Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am the PI for two research grants for the procurement and running of the Complexity@DiRAC High Performance Computing cluster at the University of Leicester. This cluster is now in active operation as a national HPC facility. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DiRAC is the facility which provides HPC resources for the theoretical astrophysics and particle physics communities within STFC. |
| Impact | The establishment and running of a new HPC cluster at the University of Leicester as part of the DiRAC national facility. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Astronomy Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to about 100 people at the Astronomy Ireland meeting in November 2013 in Trinity College Dublin. My talk was very well received and I have been invited to give another talk to this audience at a later date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture201311.php |
| Description | BBC Stargazing Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentations as part of the BBC Stargazing Live at the National Space Centre and at the University of Leicester, attended by approximately 50 people (2011), 50 people (2012), 300 people (2013), 100 people (2014). The presentation generated lots of questions and discussion from the audience. Local schools had an opportunity to visit the University which is good for inclusivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Cafe Scientifique |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to the Nottingham Cafe Scientifique about various aspects of the research that myself and others are doing with DiRAC. About 40 people attended. I gave a 25 minute presentation which was followed by more than an hour of questions and discussion. One audience member wrote a blog piece about my talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://nottinghamscience.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/talk-building-galaxies-in-office.html |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over the course of the four day, more than 600 people attended my talks. The Friday evening presentation was followed by more than an hour of audience questions. Several audience members contacted me to ask additional questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | School Visit (Dublin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 90 primary school students (3 classes) aged 8-12 years old attended my talks in Rathfarnham Parish National School. Following my visit, a number of students expressed interest in pursuing a career in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Secular Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Spoke to about 50 members of the Leicester Secular Society. My talk generated considerable discussion among the members of the LSS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.leicestersecularsociety.org.uk/calendar/view_entry.php?id=1145&date=20121209 |